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A news release this week from state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, noted the state auditor generalÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ office acknowledged it had received his request to audit Washington CountyÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Local Share Account grant program of gambling revenues from The Meadows Racetrack & ...

BELLE VERNON – The Belle Vernon Area School District board of directors voted 8-1 to pass its 2019-2020 budget with a tax increase for some of BVAÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ residents.During its monthly meeting Monday, the board released details of the districtÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ $38.9 million final general fund budget. Taxes for ...

They had a nice, round number.While the bill that eventually became the 2004 slots law made its way through the Legislature, proponents declared the new gaming law would create $1 billion a year for property tax relief.But since the first casinos began offering slots play in 2006, the money ...

When McDonald Borough Council President Marilou Ritchie saw that state Rep. Bud Cook wanted to amend the Gaming Act and eliminate the the Local Share Account of gambling revenue, she was angry enough to fire off a letter to the county board of commissioners and sent a copy to Cook.“We were ...

A Fayette County man is in custody on charges he used social media in attempts to lure a 14-year-old North Strabane Township girl to have sex with him, court records allege.Police in North Strabane, Washington County, arrested Cheyenne Joseph Lowry, 53, of Uledi, in the case Wednesday, charging ...

Century Inn is getting a $100,000 tax credit to help compensate with the cost of restoration from a 2015 fire.The credit is awarded through the stateÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Historic Preservation Tax Credit program, which is administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development and the Pennsylvania ...